[Shaun @ Tru6]

It seems the older I get, interaction with law enforcement seems much more pleasant than my early days with a 240Z with dual Webers and headers. Anyway, I got a call today, the gentleman knew my name and that I owned a 2010 Cayenne and where I got gas. He was an officer from the next town over.

2 weeks+ ago I was going through last months' CC statements and noticed a very high gas station charge. Went through receipts and found that I paid my $50 for my gas in the truck and $77 for the car before me. Went to the station and showed them them the receipt and CC statement and they gave me $77 back. This actually took a few times to achieve.

It turns out the receipt wasn't from that station, the one I always go to. The manager didn't seem to notice it wasn't their receipt which is strange in retrospect because we discussed it at length and they kept the receipt. In doing their own monthly reconciliation, they realized it wasn't theirs. So they called a local officer to track me down. Which he did I'm guessing with only the last 4 digits of my CC number.

After he explained that the receipt was for a gas station down the street, one I go to rarely, I asked if I should bring him the $77. He said let's just meet at the station. So we met tonight and he couldn't have been a nicer guy. Gas station guys were really appreciative too. A good thing because I like their gas. Anyway, I start talking with the cop and he asks about the Cayenne and we start talking cars and he tells me all about his dad's old Mercedes he should have kept and a Camry that always broke down and we talked for like 10-20 minutes about cars and stuff.

Then I ask him about tracking down previous owners of a car given a VIN. A friend of mine in France recently bought a 72 911S project car that is here in the States. Has very little history, he asked if I could help track down any kind of previous ownership. My connection at the Registry couldn't help. So I ask this officer if he can help and he says he'll see what he can do, get him the VIN. Then I ask if we can meet at the other gas station tomorrow to make sure that goes smoothly and he says sure, bring the VIN then.

Just the nicest guy you'd want to meet with a uniform on. Definitely a cool cop.